Shooters, RPGs, Sports, Strategy, Racing…these days there is a game genre for everyone and it turns out, there also appears to be gamers who want to drive trucks in their spare time.
The simply named Truck Driver from Sodesco is a driving sim-lite, purely focused on driving big rigs in a mix of open road and urban environments.
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Sneaking its way in from Melbourne based Atomizer Games is Heist.
A genuine stealth game which has removed all lethal options from your typical gaming repertoire.
Leaving you with only a handful of distraction techniques. Will these be enough to enable you to score big?
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When it comes to games from publisher Focus Interactive, you sometimes expect things to be a little rough around the edges. Greedfall is no exception, an action RPG set in the 17th Century where colonialism is spreading through the new world.
Sure, it’s a little rough around the edges, but it does have charm that grows on you as you progress.
I guess Greedfall could best be likened to a game like CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher series. Where combat and diplomacy play key roles as you explore towns and other locations in the New World of Ter Fradee. Discovering its secrets – and the cure for a strange affliction called the malichor.
Players control diplomat De Sardet, an emissary of the congregation of merchants. He’s a likeable chap, if I’m being honest, with a cheeky charm and attitude that is instantly endearing.
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This game finds its inspirations from these very 1970s type cults. The setting being that of the ‘Collective Justice Mission’ cult and its fanatical leaders Issac and Rebecca Walker.
They have moved their flock to South America to avoid the constant gaze of the FBI back in the USA. I played as Vic, an ex-cop tasked to go down to South America and bring home a brainwashed youngster, Alex.
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Control is different to other games I have played this year, yet it still feels very familiar, like a sort of comfort food.
The reality of what is actually happening in Control is like an incomplete painting, masterfully placed just out of reach.
I kept pushing onwards, throughout the game, trying to grasp what the hell is actually going on in this contorted world. It was mind-bendingly magical. Remedy and 505 Games have made a confusing, engrossing and strangely approachable title….. and I loved every damn minute of it.
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There is no doubt that with a few weeks to go, Borderlands 3 is coming in hot.
Word on the street from Gamescom is full of praise. The hands on demos we’ve seen on social media have been looking great until now, but this feels more straight up.
Its absolutely obvious the Hype Train is at full tilt and won’t be stopping at any stations on its way to September 13th.
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No Man’s Sky has had a journey and a half, considering the theme of the game that’s kind of fair. The team here at koru-cottage have all had dealings with the Hello Games opus. From the early days of those outstanding E3 reveals all the way through to it’s actual release which at the time was PS4 exclusive.
Now we are two days away from No Man’s Sky: Beyond, the game is changing.
Excited, to say the least.
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Elite, Wing Commander: Privateer, and Freelancer are games I grew up with and still have fond memories of. Many have tried to recreate, or even reinvent, the open galaxy space trader mercenary game (No Man’s Sky) and many haven’t quite hit the mark. Take the stage Rebel Galaxy Outlaw.
Well, all hail Double Damage Games, they have nailed it, really, really nailed it.
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Another meaty article from Gamer-Girl Guest contributor, Nina. This time sharing some thoughts on games, the media and how they deal with limits being pushed.
For as long as anyone can remember, the relationship between the video games industry and mainstream media has been riddled with misapprehension. Whenever games are involved in News stories, they’re often antagonistic or misrepresent the medium, usually said ‘articles’ come in conjunction with a Rockstar Games release, when we get the obligatory claims that violent video games make kids violent.
Today, I wanted to focus on the a recent example of a game/media clash that involves a specific game that is rumored to feature very realistic depictions of war.
That game is, of course, the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019).
A reboot of the original Modern Warfare game, the new COD is set to release on the 25th of October, but Infinity Ward has already treated fans and the media to trailers that show off the game’s new graphic engine and direction. And it’s that last part, the new direction, that has people excited, including me.
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Previously posted at Gerard’s own blog GameJunkieNZ, here’s his view on Observation.
It wouldn’t surprise me if the team behind sci-fi thriller Observation – were fans of movies Alien, Event Horizon and 2001 A Space Odyssey.
The game opens aboard the international space station Observation which is above Earth’s orbit after suffering a catastrophic event. The ship’s medical officer Dr Emma Fisher eventually manages to reboot the ship’s AI Sam [System Administration Maintenance] but Sam receives a strange transmission telling him to “BRING HER”.
Fast forward a bit and after a second event, the Observation finds itself above Saturn, Sam’s core functions compromised and the rest of Observation’s crew missing. Emma tasks Sam with finding out what has happened.
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I had no idea what to expect when my editor asked me if I was keen to take a look at Octopath Traveler on PC.
I’d obviously heard about Octopath Traveler on the Nintendo Switch but that was about as far as it went. That said, I’m about mixing things up, so I said “Why not?”. The game is, after all, a big deal apparently.
It’s fun, too.
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